Black woman's burden : commodifying black reproduction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rousseau, Nicole
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2009]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Human reproduction > Government policy > United States > History. African American women > Abuse of > History. United States > Social policy.

Table of Contents:

On historical womanist theory
On historical materialist method
The significance of social rhetoric
Becoming instruments of production
Is this the white man's burden, or ours?
Age old pimpin' : exploitative reproductive policies
Labor in the industrial age
Becoming a social problem
Morons, mental defectives, prostitutes, and dope fiends : restrictive reproductive policies
Global capitalism in the electronic age
Pathologizing the black woman
She's out of control : controlling reproductive policies
Vilifying black motherhood
Gettin' your tubes tied : coercive reproductive policies
Rationalizing commodification
Justifying commodification
Critiquing commodification : connecting to historical womanism
Understanding commodification
Finding freedom.